Ethos and Commandment

According to the text, how are we justified by God's grace?

• By following the rules

• By seeking redemption

• By adhering to the Old Law

• By cutting ourselves off from Christ

What is the dilemma faced when taking Christ's commands seriously?

• Having the desire to follow Christ but lacking the strength

• Having the strength but lacking the desire

• Having no desire or strength to follow Christ

• Having the desire and strength to follow Christ

What is the primary focus of Jesus' teachings in the Sermon on the Mount?

• Emphasizing the importance of physical desires

• Reinforcing the principles of the Old Testament

• Highlighting the significance of social order

• Transforming the ethos of the Old Testament

What does the Gospel ethos demand from us?

• Following the rules of the Old Law

• Seeking redemption through adherence to the law

• A radical paradigm shift and reliance on God's grace

• A compromise with the concupiscence of the body

According to the text, what does the prohibition of adultery in the Old Testament focus on?

• The order of the heart

• The order of social life

• The fulfillment of the law

• The desire to commit adultery

What does a rightly formed conscience go beyond?

• Mere legality

• The Old Testament commandments

• The desire to commit adultery

• The fulfillment of the law

What does the Sermon on the Mount shift the meaning of adultery from?

• The heart to the body

• The body to the heart

• The Old Testament to the New Testament

• The legality to the illicit

What does a person led by the Spirit no longer need?

• An objective norm constraining them

• The desire to commit adultery

• The Old Testament commandments

• The fulfillment of the law

What does the Law of the Gospel reform?

• The external precepts

• The heart and root of human acts

• The desire to commit adultery

• The fulfillment of the law

According to the text, what is necessary for the heart to become a place where the law is fulfilled?

• A transformation of ethos

• A compromise with the concupiscence of the body

• A shift from the heart to the body

• A thorough revelation of the innermost recesses